Name: Tempura-Battered Smelt
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Rice wine - 1 cup; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Smelt - 1 pound; All-purpose flour, or as needed - 1 tablespoon; Oil for deep frying - 2 quarts; Ice water - ¾ cup; All-purpose flour - ½ cup; Cornstarch - ½ cup; Egg yolks - 2; Sesame seeds - 2 teaspoons; Sesame oil - 2 teaspoons; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; White sugar - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon

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Cooking:

20 min.

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Ingredients for - Tempura-Battered Smelt

1. Rice wine - 1 cup

2. Salt - ½ teaspoon

3. Smelt - 1 pound

4. All-purpose flour, or as needed - 1 tablespoon

5. Oil for deep frying - 2 quarts

6. Ice water - ¾ cup

7. All-purpose flour - ½ cup

8. Cornstarch - ½ cup

9. Egg yolks - 2

10. Sesame seeds - 2 teaspoons

11. Sesame oil - 2 teaspoons

12. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

13. White sugar - ½ teaspoon

14. Salt - ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Tempura-Battered Smelt

1. Stage

Whisk rice wine and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a bowl. Lightly dust smelt with about 1 tablespoon flour. Add smelt to rice wine mixture; cover bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.

2. Stage

Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large wok to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

3. Stage

Mix ice water, 1/2 cup flour, cornstarch, egg yolks, sesame seeds, sesame oil, baking powder, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a bowl.

4. Stage

Remove smelt from rice wine mixture and dip, 1 at a time, into the flour mixture until evenly coated. Discard remaining rice wine mixture.

5. Stage

Carefully fry smelt, 2 or 3 at a time, in the hot oil until golden on all sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel-lined plates. Repeat frying with remaining smelt. Serve warm.